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Apr 20, 2022Liked by Copyranter

I love the Barska ads. It's sad that in the US one needs to say "The ads are obviously tongue-in-cheek." Imagine someone taking them seriously... Looks like they have a sense of humor in South Africa. Remember the award winning Energizer print ads that also came out of South Africa? Tagline: Never let their toys die.

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Apr 20, 2022Liked by Copyranter

The Harley ad is great, but dollars to doughnuts the inspiration was the original great "Somewhere..." copy written for the 1923 Jordan Playboy ad that ran in the Saturday Evening Post. I have an original ad framed in my office to remind me that some 100-year-old copy just doesn't get stale: https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Jordan-somewhere-west-of-laramie-jordan.jpg

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That is some exhilarating car ad copy.

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Hah! Priceless. According to the Wokesters, isnt' this ad impossible in 1923?

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